do any of yall have it and if so what do you do to calm it down i just took my car (04 neon SXT) in and they said that was my problem and that it is common in our cars


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here is a qick video of the noise i am talking about

 

what is piston slap? What are the symptoms? I haven't had many problems with my car in the 6 months I've had it. I bought mine used and I've only had to deal with regular maintenance issues that go with buying a used car. Anything to watch for is appreciated.

 

Most neons have a cold idle tick, if thats what your talkking about. It is normal and there is nothing you can do about it.

 

why is it called a slap if it's more of a ticking sound? I've noticed that there's a very faint ticking sound while cold but it's never been an issue

 

Is that the sound you are talking about?

 

Yeah, I've got the cold idle tick, but I think I've only noticed it while it has been below freezing. I'll have to watch for it when it starts to warm up outside.

 

My 98 does it year round, its not as noticable in the summer, but its there.

 

i will have to make a qick video to here what i am talking about it is more than a tick more like a rattle. and piston slap is when the piston is to small for the bore and it wont hurt the engine but iot it anoying and cant be help unless dodge desighns a new piston and replaced em in every neon that has that problem

 

I think he's talking about a more muted sound than a ticking. My wifes 02 has more of a soft "thunking" sound at idle and this is more pronounced at cold start up. I think it's just the nature of DCX's four cylinder engines.as we've owned 2.2's and 2.5's that had the same noise. I even took our 90 Shadow back and demanded that something be done about it at 24,000 miles. The mechanic said it was piston slap, a common occurence in Chrysler 4 cyl. vehicles and that the noise did not have an adverse effect on the life of the engine. Well I insisted something be done and a bottom end kit was put in the vehicle under warranty. The sound went away for about another 20 to 25000 miles and was back again. He was right just common to the 4 cyl. My oldest son owned a Dodge Dynasty 2.5 and you would swear that engine was going to come apart, the piston slap was so bad. It ran to 120,000 mi. before it was rearended and totalled. I think it's more of an annoyance than something to worry about. Just the nature of the little beast.

 

if you listen to the video you will know what i am talking about